A big pile of leaves can call any kid's name. Our kids and the cousins had a blast playing in our oversized pile. Yes, I know it looks like a large corner of our yard, but this is the pile you get from a lot full of very tall oak trees, and a mom who refuses to help bag leaves. 
As you can see the children love the pile of leaves. They don't even mind the occassional limb in their way. Of course this leaf jumping event ended as most do. - an injury. The youngest cousin's tooth connected with oldest cousin's head, and eventually all the middle cousins ran out of steam.
That led us back inside where...
What girl can resist an Easy Bake? I would be willing to bet that many moms still love them. As long as their daughters don't want to use them say - everyday for the month after Christmas.
Birdie and her cousin carefully slid the cake into the oven. My niece could not even begin to try to contain her excitement. I'm sure there will be an Easy Bake under the tree for her this year.
Here she is trying to figure out exactly how this contraption works. I think she just really liked the smell of cake batter.
I'm so glad there are parts of holidays that never change. Traditions we all love. Kids at the kids table. Adults that talk too long. Kicking the kids outside to run off their excitement. Overeating for days, and yet finding room for one more cookie. And best of all, the excitement of being with the ones you love.
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